Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating Washington's Trail-1753 as a national historic trail, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Fetterman D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2026
- Committee actionJul 29, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 658.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4538.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4538, Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026” on September 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 17, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62787
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4538, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/4538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Shelley Capito (R-WV), James Justice (R-WV), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), David McCormick (R-PA), Mark Warner (D-VA).
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Related bills
- H.R. 4566 (119th) Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.